About: Edwina Williams
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- Edwina Williams is the Times News Group's Northern Victoria editor covering the Ballarat Times News Group, Golden Plains Times, Moorabool News, Bendigo Times, and McIvor Times.
June 13, 2022
Advancing the arts and tourism
KERRY Watson holds the keys to the City of Gold Coast, and was Citizen of the Year, but this weekend, he’s receiving a higher...
June 13, 2022
Flying the flag for Eureka
AT Ballarat Girls’ High School in 1973, needlework teacher Valda D'Angri was approached by Ballarat mayor Jack Chisolm. The City had a special flag in...
June 13, 2022
Libs pitch Smythesdale bus service
OPPOSITION Leader Matthew Guy and Member for Ripon Louise Staley have pledged to boost public transport in the Shire’s north. Should the Liberal party form...
June 13, 2022
Student speakers to leave a Legacy
LEGACY House will host students from secondary schools across the city when the 2022 Legacy Junior Public Speaking Competition is staged this July. Chair of...
June 11, 2022
Winter glimpses of artistic talent
HISTORY and art are blending by the lake, as two community organisations partner up this winter. At least 16 creative members of the Ballarat Society...
June 11, 2022
Brigade marks three quarters of a century
IN January of 1947, a fire started at the Tourello Railway Station and moved south, burning the landscape through Ascot, all the way to...
June 11, 2022
Exhibit explores media and identity
STEP off Sturt Street and into the Unicorn Lane outdoor gallery, and you’ll be met not just with brand-new works by the next generation...
June 11, 2022
Fire brigade ready for rehab
SMYTHESDALE Fire Brigade has taken ownership of a new rehabilitation vehicle. Last weekend, Member for Buninyong, Michaela Settle, presented volunteers with the truck worth just...
June 10, 2022
Simple ideas to have big impact
HOW did you mark World Environment Day last Sunday? Alfredton Rotary Club and some innovative young people gathered at Rotary Place to celebrate the winners,...
June 10, 2022
Cafs appeals for Clothing Hub support
AS Cafs marks twelve months since they opened the Thread Together Clothing Hub, they’re also appealing to the community to financially support this service. Cafs...
June 9, 2022
Judges find city’s best ideas
DIGITAL feedback platform Suggest it has awarded three concepts recently submitted to their 2022 Ballarat’s Best Ideas competition. Loreto College staff member Stella Watson had...
June 9, 2022
Winning brewery on the money
THE city’s craft beer industry continues to bubble away nicely, with one local brewery recently receiving national recognition for a second year. Invermay’s Fiona and...
June 9, 2022
Shake, rattle and donate for the Salvos
THE Salvation Army Ballarat is encouraging residents and businesses to donate to this year’s Red Shield Appeal, head out to shake a bucket, or...
June 9, 2022
Hospital upgrade gets go-ahead
ST John of God Ballarat’s redevelopment will get underway next month following approval of the upgrades by the hospital’s healthcare board. Works will begin on...
June 9, 2022
Sebastopol’s morning child rises
OWNED by the local Indigenous community, new not-for-profit Sebastopol kindergarten Yirram Burron officially opened during Reconciliation Week. The centre has been established to offer families...
June 9, 2022
Inaugural Indigenous match kicks off
TWO of Ballarat’s competing junior football clubs united in celebration of a special round last weekend. The under-17 players from the East Point Junior Football...
June 6, 2022
Long-term gain from short-course comp
THE 2022 Victorian Country Short-Course Swimming Championships will be held at the Ballarat Aquatic & Lifestyle Centre throughout the last weekend of July. Hosted by...
June 5, 2022
Sharing stories that need to be told
ABOVE Lydiard Street, the Old Colonists' Club was alive with personality, live storytelling, and music last week as vibrant creative Geoffrey D’Ombrain shared his...
June 5, 2022
Women the focus of Wheeler Centre talk
FEMINIST author Wendy McCarthy is coming to the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute as part of a partnership with Melbourne’s home of literacy and ideas, The...
June 4, 2022
Bridge prepares for an art attack
AFTER a cosy, colourful and successful yarn-bombing project in 2021, the Bridge Mall Business Association is running another winter initiative to unite the creative...
June 3, 2022
Schools benefit from SpringFest boost
DESPITE the cancellation of SpringFest Market Sunday in 2021 due to COVID-safety, the Rotary Club of Ballarat has continued to support the annual event’s...
June 3, 2022
Engaging kids in the Avenue’s story
A CHILDREN’S picture book sharing the true story behind the establishment of Ballarat’s Arch of Victory and Avenue of Honour was launched last week...
June 3, 2022
Workspace open for business
THE fourth Ballarat Business Centre site was officially opened last week, based on Lowe Street. Chair Sheree Collins said the not-for-profit is now able to...
June 2, 2022
Call out for new hearing tech
WITHIN the first few weeks of their life, most babies across Victoria are put through the newborn hearing screening program. If there’s cause for concern,...
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